Simon Hix is Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Italy.Bjørn Høyland is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway.

The study of the European Union should be firmly grounded on the latest scholarship, address the enduring questions with which scholars grapple, and employ the most appropriate analytical tools. The Political System of the European Union delivers on all these fronts.

• Introduction: Explaining the EU Political SystemPART I: GOVERNMENTExecutive PoliticsLegislative PoliticsJudicial PoliticsPART II: POLITICSPublic OpinionDemocracy, Parties and ElectionsInterest RepresentationPART III: POLICIESRegulation of the Single MarketExpenditure PoliciesEconomic and Monetary UnionInterior PoliciesForeign PoliciesConclusion: A Political System in Crisis?

Simon Hix is Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics at the European University Institute, Italy.Bjørn Høyland is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway.

The study of the European Union should be firmly grounded on the latest scholarship, address the enduring questions with which scholars grapple, and employ the most appropriate analytical tools. The Political System of the European Union delivers on all these fronts.

• Introduction: Explaining the EU Political SystemPART I: GOVERNMENTExecutive PoliticsLegislative PoliticsJudicial PoliticsPART II: POLITICSPublic OpinionDemocracy, Parties and ElectionsInterest RepresentationPART III: POLICIESRegulation of the Single MarketExpenditure PoliciesEconomic and Monetary UnionInterior PoliciesForeign PoliciesConclusion: A Political System in Crisis?